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250 hcca, Kicker cvr 15, ported or sealed?


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Orion 250 hcca rated 50 w. per channel, 2 channels.  Stable to  .5 ohm  load. bridged.  Woofers, Kicker cvr 15 in. all coils 8 ohm in parallel.  Giving me a load resistance of 2 ohms.  since the amp is running bridged, the load would be @ 1 ohm. c thats a calculated wattage of 200 w. per coil. total of 800. give or take.

Heres my delema ported or sealed. i have no exp. with th kicker cvr's.  my calcs. are not accurate or any suggestions/ comments would be helpful.  the vehical is an 71 VW Bus. this is what i have to play with.

Any q's or comments please drop a line.

aDdIcTeD

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 I  once heard that u can get 2000 w. burps from this amp. hows that possible?
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250 hcca, Kicker cvr 15, ported or sealed? -- posted image.
Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.
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if your looking for a lot of boomy bass you should go ported. if your looking for more sound quality, you should go sealed.
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While I do not recommend it, I have PERSONALLY run that amp (and the little brother 225HCCA) at .25 ohms (bridged into .5 ohm) with forced cooling. Additionally, the manufacturer specified it to safely handle a maximum load of .5 ohms per channel (bridged into 1 ohm).
Without allowing for losses, which become SIGNIFICANT at that kind of load (around 10 to 25 ADDITIONAL percentage points), your amp, bridged, will provide approximately this much power:
400W @ 4ohm (realistically, 350W)
800W @ 2ohm (realistically, 700W)
1600W @ 1ohm (realistically, 1250W)
3200W @ .5ohm (realistically, 2200W)
These are bridged load numbers, but even bridged into a one ohm load, that is still an EXTREMELY capable amplifier. Bridge the amp into your 2 ohm load, sealed enclosure, and all will be happy. MAKE SURE you do not cover the amp with anything, as they weren't known as "Fryin' Orion" for nothing! 250 hcca, Kicker cvr 15, ported or sealed? -- posted image. At that kind of load, they will run quite warm!
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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